1915 Çanakkale Bridge

Suspension bridge across the Dardanelles in Turkey Dardanelles Bridge the ancient bridges over the Dardanelles built by Persians in the 5th century B.C. Xerxes' pontoon bridges August 2026 March 2022 1915 Çanakkale BridgeDardanelles Bridge tr 1915 Çanakkale KöprüsüÇanakkale Boğaz Köprüsü 1915 Çanakkale Bridge2.JPG Çanakkale bridge in September 2025 40 20 24 N 26 38 10 E region:TR_type:landmark inline,title 1915 Çanakkale Köprüsü 1915canakkale.com/en-us http://www.1915canakkale.com Daelim, Limak, SK, Yapı Merkezihttp://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/four-consortia-in-26-bln-dardanelles-bridge-bid.aspx?pageID=238&nID=109007&NewsCatID=345 Four consortia in $2.6 bln Dardanelles bridge bid 26 January 2017 Anadolu Agency Hürriyet Daily News 26 May 2017 4 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170204153052/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/four-consortia-in-26-bln-dardanelles-bridge-bid.aspx?pageID=238&nID=109007&NewsCatID=345 live 6 lanes of TUR O 6Maintenance walkways on each side Dardanelles Çanakkale Province, Turkey Suspension COWI A/S and PEC (Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants) 2023 m ft 0 4608 m ft 0 334 m ft 0 45.06 m ft 0 70 m ft 0 March 2017 26 February 2022 2022 03 18 y ₺1,170https://www.sigortam.net/kopru-gecis-ucretleri Köprü ve Otoyol Geçiş Ücretleri 2024 | Detaylı Liste 3 January 2023 7 October 2024 7 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241007142157/https://www.sigortam.net/kopru-gecis-ucretleri live The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge (tr 1915 Çanakkale Köprüsü) is a road suspension bridge in the province of Çanakkale in northwestern Turkey, first opened on 18 March 2022. Situated just southwest of the coastal towns of Lapseki and Gelibolu, the bridge spans the Dardanelles, about 10 km mi 0 off on west of the Sea of Marmara. The bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world; with a main span of 2,023 m km+mi off, the bridge surpasses the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (1998) in Japan by 32 m ft off.Why Turkey Built the World's Longest Suspension Bridge 11 May 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzrdNIsGVc0 22 May 2022 The B1M 11 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220511121506/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzrdNIsGVc0 live Tim Gibson 11 May 2022 Turkey Has Built the World's Longest Suspension Bridge https://www.theb1m.com/video/turkey-has-built-the-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge The B1M 3 May 2023 11 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220511162611/https://www.theb1m.com/video/turkey-has-built-the-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge live 17 March 2017 Groundbreaking ceremony for bridge over Dardanelles to take place on March 18 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-bridge-over-dardanelles-to-take-place-on-march-18.aspx?pageID=238&nID=110948&NewsCatID=345 22 May 2022 Hürriyet Daily News 18 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170318134152/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-bridge-over-dardanelles-to-take-place-on-march-18.aspx?pageID=238&nID=110948&NewsCatID=345 live The bridge was officially opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2022 after roughly five years of construction.Turkey opens record-breaking bridge between Europe and Asia https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/turkey-worlds-biggest-bridge/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20220320083342/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/turkey-worlds-biggest-bridge/index.html 20 March 2022 19 March 2022 CNN 18 March 2022 en It is the centrepiece of the planned 321 km mi mid -long 2.8 billion O-6 motorway, which will connect the O-3 and O-7 motorways in East Thrace with the O-5 motorway in Anatolia. The year "1915" in the official Turkish name honours an important Ottoman victory in the Gallipoli campaign comprising an unsuccessful Entente naval attack followed by invasions of the Gallipoli peninsula by the forces of Australia, New Zealand, France, and Great Britain, on 25 April 1915 and a second in August; the Entente land forces failed to make significant progress and were evacuated at the end of that year. The bridge is the first fixed crossing over the DardanellesTurkey inaugurates 1st bridge over Dardanelles Strait-Xinhua https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220319/c3d98f5acd47408288a6af3a1a4085a2/c.html 20 March 2022 www.xinhuanet.com 21 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220321164012/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220319/c3d98f5acd47408288a6af3a1a4085a2/c.html live and the sixth one across the Turkish Straits, after three bridges over the Bosphorus and two tunnels under it.Bosphorus Strait All About Turkey https://www.allaboutturkey.com/bosphorus.html 20 March 2022 www.allaboutturkey.com 12 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230612054728/https://www.allaboutturkey.com/bosphorus.html live Design and cost The bridge's tender project was designed by Turkey-based Tekfen Construction and Installation and detailed designed by Denmark-headquartered COWI A/S and by Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants (PEC) in South Korea (for cable design and approach bridge design packages only). UK-headquartered Arup Group and Norway-based Aas-Jakobsen conducted independent design verification.Merdim Emine Arup and Aas-Jakobsen to carry out independent design verification of the world’s longest bridge – Turkey’s 1915 Çanakkale Bridge – Arkitera https://www.arkitera.com/en/news-en/city/arup-and-aas-jakobsen-to-carry-out-independent-design-verification-of-the-worlds-longest-bridge-turkeys-1915-canakkale-bridge/ Arkitera 19 August 2019 4 October 2019 14 December 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20191004062049/http://www.arkitera.com/en/news-en/city/arup-and-aas-jakobsen-to-carry-out-independent-design-verification-of-the-worlds-longest-bridge-turkeys-1915-canakkale-bridge/ live The Administrator consultants are Tekfen and Switzerland-based T-ingénierie. The total length of the bridge is 3,563 m and together with the approach viaducts the length reaches 4,608 m, which surpasses the total length of the Osman Gazi Bridge and its approach viaducts by 527 m, to become the longest bridge of any type in Turkey. The height of the bridge's two towers is 334 m,318 m is elevation of IP (Intersection Point) of main cable which is important for design, actual tower height considering tower top enclosure is 334 m.https://www.kgm.gov.tr/Sayfalar/KGM/SiteEng/Projeler/ProjelerDetay.aspx?q=148 Project Detail – 1915 Çanakkale Bridge Kgm.gov.tr – General Directorate of Highways (Turkey) 30 September 2025 10 December 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251210131149/https://www.kgm.gov.tr/Sayfalar/KGM/SiteEng/Projeler/ProjelerDetay.aspx?q=148 live making it the tallest bridge in Turkey, surpassing Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, and the third tallest structure in the country. Internationally, the bridge is the fifth tallest bridge in the world. The deck of the bridge is 72.8 m high and 45.06 m wide, with a maximum thickness of 3.5 m. The deck carries six lanes of motorway (three in each direction), together with a walkway on each side for maintenance. According to President Erdoğan, the bridge cost 2.5 billion euros (2.7 billion US dollars) to build, but would save €415 million ($458 million) per year from a reduction of fuel consumption and carbon emissions. History Xerxes' pontoon bridges Proposals for a bridge spanning the Dardanelles Straithttps://www.enr.com/articles/52535-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-takes-shape-in-turkey World's Longest Suspension Bridge Takes Shape in Turkey Engineering News-Record 29 September 2021 22 March 2022 30 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230130221635/https://www.enr.com/articles/52535-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-takes-shape-in-turkey live have existed since the 1990s. A bridge was proposed again in 2012 and went on to be placed in the Turkish government's future transportation projects list in 2014.https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2014/09/02/a-bridge-on-canakkale-strait-finally-in-the-works A bridge on Çanakkale Strait finally in the works Daily Sabah 2 September 2014 22 March 2022 2 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231002225604/https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2014/09/02/a-bridge-on-canakkale-strait-finally-in-the-works live In September 2016, the government officially launched the bridge building project. Bids for the contract to construct the bridge were made in 2017.https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/four-consortia-in-26-bln-dardanelles-bridge-bid-109007 Four consortia in $2.6 bln Dardanelles bridge bid Hürriyet Daily News 26 January 2017 22 March 2022 4 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170204153052/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/four-consortia-in-26-bln-dardanelles-bridge-bid.aspx?pageID=238&nID=109007&NewsCatID=345 live The contract was awardedOctober 2024 to a consortium containing Turkish companies Limak Holding and Yapı Merkezi and South Korean companies DL Holdings and SK Ecoplant.https://www.enr.com/articles/44235-turkey-starts-dardanelles-suspension-bridge-project Turkey Starts Dardanelles Suspension-Bridge Project Engineering News-Record 28 March 2018 22 March 2022 2 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231002225407/https://www.enr.com/articles/44235-turkey-starts-dardanelles-suspension-bridge-project live Construction began in March 2017.https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/towers-complete-on-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-07-09-2020/ Towers complete on world's longest suspension bridge New Civil Engineer 7 September 2020 22 March 2022 2 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231002225418/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/towers-complete-on-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-07-09-2020/ live The bridge was initially scheduled for completion in September 2023, and later brought forward to March 2022. On 16 May 2020, the second tower was completed, on the Gallipoli side (European coast).https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/last-steel-block-placed-in-canakkale-bridge-to-rise-on-bosphorus-154821 Last steel block placed in Çanakkale 1915 Bridge hurriyetdailynews.com 16 May 2020 13 July 2020 20 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201020195153/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/last-steel-block-placed-in-canakkale-bridge-to-rise-on-bosphorus-154821 live By 13 November 2021, all block decks were installed. The toll bridge opened for traffic on 18 March 2022 with a toll price of 200 lira (€6.78) for passenger cars.18 March 2022 Turkey builds massive bridge linking Europe and Asia https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-asia-turkey-south-korea-3562ae2bbe9d922ce51d3c3deb8d4ac8 20 March 2022 AP NEWS en 18 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318200914/https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-asia-turkey-south-korea-3562ae2bbe9d922ce51d3c3deb8d4ac8 live This was later increased to 790 lira and since 1 July 2026, the toll has been 1,170 lira.Türkiye raises tolls on Osmangazi, 1915 Canakkale bridges effective July 1 https://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/turkiye-raises-tolls-on-osmangazi-1915-canakkale-bridges-effective-july-1-3223002?s=1 26 August 2026 Türkiye 1 July 2026 Symbolism Some symbolic figures are associated with the bridge: the number 1915 in the name, the height of intersection point of main cable (318 m),1915 Çanakkale Köprüsü'nün 318 metrelik çelik kuleleri tamamlandı https://www.ahaber.com.tr/galeri/gundem/1915-canakkale-koprusunun-318-metrelik-celik-kuleleri-tamamlandi 24 May 2021 A Haber 16 May 2020 tr 24 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210524203720/https://www.ahaber.com.tr/galeri/gundem/1915-canakkale-koprusunun-318-metrelik-celik-kuleleri-tamamlandi live and the opening date (18 March), are all related to the date of the Ottoman naval victory, on 18 March 1915, during the naval operations in the Gallipoli campaign. Meanwhile, the length of the bridge's main span (2,023 metres) refers to the centennial of the Turkish Republic (1923–2023). Gallery See also Architecture Roads Turkey Osman Gazi Bridge Istanbul Canal Other crossings of the Turkish Straits: Bosphorus Bridge Eurasia Tunnel, undersea tunnel, crossing the Bosphorus for vehicular traffic, opened in December 2016 Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge Great Istanbul Tunnel, a proposed three-level road-rail undersea tunnel Marmaray Tunnel, undersea rail tunnel connecting the Asian and European sides of Istanbul Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge Xerxes' Pontoon Bridges, an ancient attempted crossing at a similar location (480 BC) Notes References 30em ERM December 2017 Çevresel ve Sosyal Etki Değerlendirmesi (ÇSED) Raporu – 1915 Çanakkale Köprüsü ve Malkara-Çanakkale Otoyolu Projesi Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report – 1915 Çanakkale Bridge and Malkara-Çanakkale Motorway Project tr http://www.1915canakkale.com/assets/KamuoyuFilesImg/cevresel-ve-sosyal-etki-degerlendirmesi-CSED.pdf ERM 31 August 2018 31 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180831141401/http://www.1915canakkale.com/assets/KamuoyuFilesImg/cevresel-ve-sosyal-etki-degerlendirmesi-CSED.pdf dead http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/canakkale-to-be-site-of-turkeys-longest-bridge.aspx?pageID=238&nid=12454 Hürriyet Daily News Çanakkale to be site of Turkey's longest bridge 28 January 2012 11 January 2017 20 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320083348/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/canakkale-to-be-site-of-turkeys-longest-bridge-12454 live http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-bridge-over-dardanelles-to-take-place-on-march-18.aspx?pageID=238&nID=110948&NewsCatID=345 Hürriyet Daily News Groundbreaking ceremony for bridge over Dardanelles to take place on March 18 17 March 2017 19 March 2017 18 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170318134152/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-bridge-over-dardanelles-to-take-place-on-march-18.aspx?pageID=238&nID=110948&NewsCatID=345 live Canakkale 1915 Bridge http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/canakkale-1915-bridge/ 6 January 2018 Road Traffic Technology 6 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180106174100/http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/canakkale-1915-bridge/ live Cowi Canakkale https://www.cowi.com/about/news-and-press/enr-canakkale-bridge-turkey/ 15 May 2018 20 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320083349/https://www.cowi.com/about/news-and-press/enr-canakkale-bridge-turkey live External links Official website Çanakkale 1915 Bridge https://web.archive.org/web/20201104011422/http://www.daelim.co.kr/eng/daelim/pr/NewsView.do?keyword=&searchword=&currentPage=1&cd_mnu=&idx=20346 4 November 2020 at Daelim web site 20072547 1915 Çanakkale Bridge Memisoglu Apaydin N. Zulfikar A.C. Cetindemir O. 12 February 2022 Structural health monitoring systems of long-span bridges in Turkey and lessons learned from experienced extreme events Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring 12 1375–1412 10.1007/s13349-022-00551-x suspension 2022 Present Akashi Kaikyo Bridge 1915 Çanakkale Bridge Incumbent Category:2022 establishments in Turkey Category:Bridges completed in 2022 Category:Buildings and structures in Çanakkale Province Category:Cross-sea bridges in Asia Category:Cross-sea bridges in Europe Category:Dardanelles Category:Gallipoli Peninsula Category:Gelibolu District Category:Lapseki District Category:Road bridges in Turkey Category:Suspension bridges in Turkey Category:Toll bridges in Turkey Category:Transcontinental crossings Category:Transport in Çanakkale Province